Acetylcholine and the Overactive Bladder

European Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 881-883

  Brading, Alison F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE;

BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MICTURITION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; UROTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE;

EID: 33847146258     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.10.029     Document Type: Editorial

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